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    What was the original name of the 1950s TV series based on fictionalized Fort Baxter, Kansas?

    Question #856. Asked by jayne. (Apr 08 00 2:00 AM)


    dave_fl

    		Original name of the show was "You'll Never Get Rich" later known as "The Phil Silvers Show", also refered to as "Sgt. Bilko." For the first three seasons it was set in Fort Baxter, near Roseville, Kansas. At the start of the final season the setting moved to Camp Fremont, California.

    Apr 08 00, 2:31 AM
    zbeckabee

    		The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You'll Never Get Rich) was a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes (including a 1959 special). The series starred Phil Silvers as the enterprising master sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army who spent most of his time trying to wheedle money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.

    The series was originally set in Fort Baxter, a sleepy, unremarkable (and non-existent) U.S. Army base in the fictional town of Roseville, Kansas.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_silvers_show

    Jan 16 08, 8:30 AM

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